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Personality Type Differences Between Ph.D. Climate Researchers And The General Public: Implications For Effective Communication, C. Susan Weiler, Jason K. Keller, Christina Olex

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Effectively communicating the complexity of climate change to the public is an important goal for the climate change research community, particularly for those of us who receive public funds. The challenge of communicating the science of climate change will be reduced if climate change researchers consider the links between personality types, communication tendencies and learning preferences. Jungian personality type is one of many factors related to an individual’s preferred style of taking in and processing information, i.e., preferred communication style. In this paper, we demonstrate that the Jungian personality type profile of interdisciplinary, early career climate researchers is significantly different …